Jack Aitken

Coureur

Biografie

Jack is into his third year with the Renault Sport Academy and will contest the 2018 season with French outfit ART Grand Prix in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Since joining the Academy in 2016 on the back of a hat-trick of titles in Formula Renault Eurocup and Alps as well as ProMazda Winterfest, Jack has completed two seasons in the GP3 Series. He finished a strong fifth in 2016 with Arden International, taking an impressive six podiums from the final seven races, before clinching runners-up spot in 2017.
The 22-year-old British-Korean took one victory last year after winning from pole position in Hungary, becoming the first GP3 driver of the season to record the maximum 31 points from a race as he also clinched the fastest lap.
He managed a further five podium visits throughout the year and grabbed two pole positions to finish the championship on 141 points.
Last September, Jack became the first active Academy member to test Formula 1 machinery when he got behind the wheel of a Renault powered 2012-spec E20 Formula 1 car at Jerez.